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[Don't forget to check our NEWS page for recent updates and upcoming tour information.] Field Guides leader: PHIL GREGORY“Phil Gregory is a birder and leader without equal. He made the utmost effort for everyone. I found the tour well-planned and the variety of locales and lodging most enjoyable.” C.L., OUTBACK AUSTRALIA
Each tour link leads to a more detailed description. For another guide's schedule, click here. PHIL'S UPCOMING TOURS PAPUA NEW GUINEA July 21-August 12, 2008 (Fiji pre-trip from July 16) with Phil Gregory & Dave Stejskal. Birds-of-paradise, bowerbirds, and one of the world's most remarkable avifaunas against an unrivaled cultural backdrop. May be combined with AUSTRALIA: KAKADU, KUNUNURRA & CAPE YORK and/or NEW CALEDONIA. NEW CALEDONIA August 10-19, 2008 with Phil Gregory. In search of the bizarre Kagu and other endemics on this far-flung Pacific island. Limited to 10 participants. May be combined with PAPUA NEW GUINEA. OUTBACK AUSTRALIA: PLAINS-WANDERER & MORE August 30-September 20, 2008 with Phil Gregory. Specialty tour for some of Australia's least-known birds off the beaten track; several remote areas, starkly beautiful landscapes. NEW GUINEA & AUSTRALIA October 2-20, 2008 with Phil Gregory. A rich and diverse sampler of the best birding of New Guinea and Australia. NEW ZEALAND IN SPRING November 23-December 11, 2008 with Phil Gregory. Beautiful landscapes as a backdrop for nearly 50 endemic birds plus a great selection of seabirds. NEW OMAN & THE UAE: HYPOCOLIUS & DESERT BIRDS January 10-25, 2009 with Phil Gregory & George Armistead. Some of the best Arabian Peninsula birding in two very friendly and scenic countries with many regional endemics and specialty birds, including a good chance for the unique Hypocolius. An array of desert, wetland, and coastal habitats. WINTER JAPAN: CRANES & SEA-EAGLES February 7-19, 2009 with Phil Gregory & local guide. A tour for Japan's winter birding spectacles, including the fabulous cranes and Steller's Sea-Eagle. Limited to 10 participants. TAIWAN March 12-22, 2009 with Phil Gregory & local guide. Tour for Taiwan's numerous endemics and specialties. NEW SPRING IN JAPAN April 29-May 10, 2009 with Phil Gregory & local guide. Details to be announced. UGANDA: SHOEBILL, RIFT ENDEMICS & GORILLAS May 21-June 11, 2009 with Phil Gregory & second guide. The rare Shoebill and a wealth of other birds and many Central African specialties, combined with opportunities to trek for Chimps and Mountain Gorillas. PAPUA NEW GUINEA July 4-26, 2009 (Fiji pre-trip from June 29) with Phil Gregory & Jay VanderGaast. Birds-of-paradise, bowerbirds, and one of the world's most remarkable avifaunas against an unrivaled cultural backdrop. May be combined with NEW CALEDONIA. NEW CALEDONIA July 24-August 2, 2009 with Phil Gregory. Specialty tour to seek the fascinating, bizarre relict Kagu and other endemics. Limited to 10 participants. May be combined with PAPUA NEW GUINEA. NEW GUINEA & AUSTRALIA October 8-26, 2009 with Phil Gregory. A rich and diverse sampler of the best birding of New Guinea and Australia. MADAGASCAR, MAURITIUS & REUNION November 7-December 4, 2009 (Seychelles extension to December 8) with Megan Crewe & Phil Gregory. In-depth coverage of the accessible parts of Madagascar, remarkable in every way: many endemic birds, striking lemurs, bizarre flora and chameleons, fascinating culture. Includes endemic-rich smaller islands of the Indian Ocean with optional Seychelles extension. Click a link or photo below to view the upcoming schedule of any guide.
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Phil Gregory was born in Southampton, UK, and became a birder as a youth when the scrapping of the steam trains left him with nothing to look for! He has traveled extensively in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific in quest of birds. He and his wife, Sue, worked as teachers for eight years in Nigeria and Zambia, where they continued the still on-going raising of their family and made serious inroads into the birds of Africa, before transferring to the Falkland Islands for a two-year stint. In 1991 they relocated to Papua New Guinea where, for seven years, the 400-plus endemics proved a great challenge. Phil’s major interests are field identification, vocalizations, and the geographic distribution of birds. He is a keen writer with contributions to many reference books, and is currently working on a Bird of Paradise and Bowerbird title in the Pica/Helm series and doing some family accounts for the Handbook of Birds of the World. Phil and his wife now run the well-known Cassowary House, a birding and nature lodge situated in a great birding spot in the rainforest at Kuranda, near Cairns in the far north of Queensland.
